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Mantle

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a short cape with a high neck. The cape is made of a fabric with a brown and gold damask pattern. There are long tassels down the front and fringes on the ends of the wide sleeves and around the bottom edge. The cape is on a white mannequin with a metal pole. The mannequin has no head. The background is a plain gray wall. The title of the image is "Mantle".

Artwork details

Date:
1870–75
Medium:
silk, metallic thread, wool
Culture:
French
Dimensions:
416 × 625 px
Museum record:
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